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One of the key strands of this project is exploring how communities can actively shape the work, not just encounter it once it’s finished. That means testing what co-design actually looks like in a real setting, with real people, rather than keeping it theoretical. As a starting point, I reached out to the team working at Kingswood Park in South Gloucestershire. We’d previously had a conversation about creating simple arches for the entrances to a community garden, so it felt

I took a trip to the Eden Project over the Easter hols with friends and family as a self-funded addition to my research phase. I’ve wanted to go for such a long time, and it felt like the perfect moment to visit right at the start of this process. We were lucky with the weather, such a lush sunny spring day. Exploring the biomes and surrounding landscape, I was super impressed by the sheer scale of what’s been created there. Not just physically, but in terms of ideas. It’s no

I’ve started the research phase of the Arts Council National Lottery grant funded project by going right back to basics, getting to grips with the science and language behind “regreening” and nature-based solutions in urban environments. I've started by doing an online course by Reclaim CPD, focused on Green, Blue and Grey Infrastructure (GBGI), and it’s turned out to be a really useful starting point. There are seven modules in total, and I’ve already completed four. At its

I’m over the moon to have been awarded a National Lottery Research & Development grant to begin developing a new direction in my work. For the last 20 years I’ve been building large-scale metal structures and immersive environments, mostly in festival settings, work that’s temporary, high-impact, and designed to transform a space for a moment in time. This project marks a shift away from that. I’ll be using this R&D period to explore how sculpture can function more like livin